Seal for record-books.



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SEAL FOR RECORD BOKS,

APPLICATION ULEB MAY il, HJM.

1,114,279, f Patented 0ct.2o,1914.

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GEGRGE MAIEWS, REGHMGND, INBIANA.

SEAL EGR REDRDBQKS.

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same being such as will enable others t( 1o make and use .the seme withexactitude.

I .ani aware that record books have been made with detachable leaves,With means whereby leaves may be inserted from time to'time, and havingmeans for .temporarily securing the leaves in place, but this has onlyserved as a temporary binder, but in `most of the States this has notreceived otlicial approval, for the reason that leaves could be removedunolhcially. Therefore my. present invention contemplates going a stepfurther, and after the book is complete to afford means for permanentlysecuring the leaves and applying stamps whereby the leaves can not beremoved by an unauthorized personwithout great trouble and Withoutshowing that the saine has been tampered with.

Broadly speaking my object is to provide means for sealingvdetachableleaf record books to convert them into permanent records, the said meansbeing neat in appearance, strong and durable in practice, easily andquickly applied, positive in operation. and whichcan be employed at acomparan tively low price, and that Without altering the construction ofdetachable leaf binders now in use..

Other objects and particular advantages of my invention will be madeapparent in the course of the following description.

4The referred manner for carrying out the objects of my invention in apractical manner is shown in the accompanying draivings, in Which-- A lFigure 1 is a perspective of a 'iew portion of a lrecord book and thetemporary. binder therefor, with which my 1n 1 sides shown in Fig. v

, lvention is adapted to be employed..

' 2 is a longitudlnal section of one oi the sides shown in Fig. 1, taken.centrally` Fig.

through one of the tubes, showing the con struction before it has beensealed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the other one of the l,taken centrally through the other one of the tubes, and showing theconstrnction duriu ,r the process y of sealing. Fig. is an end elevationof a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led Mey 11, 191e.

?atented Oct. 2Q, 191e. Serial No. 837,636.

portion of a record book, shovvin,f I the same made into a permanentrecord'by means of my invention. Fig. 5 is an isometrical rie-vv of oneof the pellets which I employ in sealing the record. find Fig. 6 is anisometrical view ot portion of the tool which may be employed forstamping the seal.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

lfn order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of myinvention may be fully understood and better appre- .ciated l will nowtake up a detailed. description thereof in which I Till set forth theinvention as fully and as comprehensively as l may;

ln the drawings numerals 1 and 2 denote the two sides or' a record book,and numeral 3 denotes the curved back or edge, to which the sides 1 andare hinged'in the usual manner. ltigidly secured on the inside of theback 3 is the metal base 4l which corresponds to tbe curvature of andcovers the inner face of the back 3, to which it is rigidly connected.Formed integral with the edges of the base d are the tubes 5 and v6,each of which is provided at intervals with notches or spaces 7 and 7,for the' purposes hereinafter set forth,

Numerals 8 and 9 denote the tivo rods, each adaptedto lit in and operatein its re-` spective tube 6 and '2'. The said rods are slightly less inlength than are the'tubes, and on one end of each rod is turned ahandheld, 10 and 11 respectively, by which the rods may be operated. Achannel is formed laround each rod near the hand-hold, as the channel.12 shown in Fig. 2. Each of the rods is provided withv attened portionsforming the tongues 13 and 14 in the re-A spective rods, the saidtongues being located in alinement with the respective notches 7 and 7,as shown.

Numeral 15 designates the arms, of which there are a plurality,corresponding in number to the number of notches 7. Each vot the arms 15has an eyeformed through each end thereof, each 'of which may be slottedto .form a mouth 17 Whose Width is such as to fit over the tongues 13and le.

lThe leaves 18 of the block are provided With apertures along theirinner edges which fit over the arms 15, whereby they are held together,as shown in Fig. 4E. After the binder is provided With its full 'quotaof leaves which have records printed thereon,-

and-it. is desired to seal the book into permet-if nent, but accessible,record, the procedure isv then taken up as follows: Each of the rods 8and 9 are drawn out slightly until-the channels l2 are exposed beyondtheir tubes 5 and 6, then after ascertaining` that the rods are turnedin such manner that they are locked in the eyes 1G, that is with thetongues 13 and 1L1- standing parallel with the arms 15, the outer endsof the rods are then broken oit at the channels 12, after which the rodsarepressed into their tubes, dividing the dili'ercnce between thelengths of the rods andthe lengths of the tubes into equal spaces 19 and20.

I now come to my invention proper: Letter A denotes a pellet of solder',or other sealing material, which may have been previously treated withsome form of iiuX, such as acid grease. The pellets A should be of lessdiameter than the interior of the tubes and they should be longer thanthe depth of the spaces 19 and 20, as shown at the left in Fig. 3.

In applying the seals the'book should be stood up on end, a pellet A maythen be dropped into each of the two uppermost spaces 19 and 20 as thefirst step in the sealing process. The tubes 5 and 6 should then beheated, adjacent the pellet, to such degree as to cause the pellets tomelt and Iill the spaces in which they are located, causing the pelletsto adhere to the walls of the tubes and to the ends of the rods, whenthey will assume the form as shown at the right in Fig. 3, therebyforming the seal A', Vhile the seals A are still in a plastic conditionone may take the tool B, which has a cameo letter 'or design on its end,as for instance the cameo letter W indicated by C in Fig. 6, and impressit in the solder, thereby forming the intaglio letter W' as indicated byD, thereby forming the Aofficial stamp, as shown in Fig. 4. After thesaid seals and stamps are completed then the book may be turned end forend, after which the seals and the stamps may in like manner be appliedin the opposite ends of the tubes. It is, of course, to be understoodthat the ends of the rods, and the interior of the tubes outward fromthe ends of the rods are to be made bright, by abrasion or otherwise, inorder that the solder will adhere thereto.

Uponthe completion of. the above mentioned operations it is apparentthat it would be impossible to remove the leaves without destroying theseals and the stamps, and even this would require a great amount oftime, as the seals of both ends would have to be melted at the same timein order to remove the rods.

It is evident that the above would provide a more secure record than theordinary record books which are new oilicially accepted,

and it will eliminate the objections to the loose leaf record.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and its operation,what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States,is-

1. In combination with a loose leaf binder having a back and a baseconnected to the back and tubes formed integral with the edges'of thebase and rods shorter than lthe tubes and located therein and armshaving their ends piveted around said rods and located in notches formedin theO tubes and leaves carried by said arms, a sealing conipositionlocated in the ends of the tubes outward from the ends of the rods, allsubstantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a loose leaf binder having tubes and rods shorterthan the tubes and located therein and arms to retain leaves in positionand having their ends connectedl to said rods, a sealing compositionfilling the ends of the tubes outward from the ends of the rods toretain the rods permanently in the tubes.

In combination with a looseleafbinder having tubes and rods shorter thanthe tubes located therein and arms adapted to be disposed throughapertures in leaves the said rods being disposed through apertures inthe end 'ortions of the arms a metallic scaliniT means` filling the endsof the tubes outward from the ends of the rods and united to theinterior of the tubes by heat.

il. In combination with a loose leaf binder having tubes and rodsshorter than the tubes and located therein, arms through the endportions of which said rods are disposed, there being notchesformed inthe tubes to receive the end portions of said arms, fusible sealingmeans illing the ends of the tubes outward from the ends of the rods andhaving identifyingmeans impressed in the eX- posed surfaces thereof,substantially as set forth.

In combination with a loose leaf binder *.avin tubes and rods shorterthan the tubes located therein, there being notches formed in the tubesto expose said rods and arms haring their ends located in said notchesand Anon zo hlansnnnr., 4 llenar-rr W. Itnnnnn.

